Hypertonic Lactate After Cardiac Arrest

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorErasme University Hospital

About this trial

The study is intended to test the hypothesis that sodium lactate infusion after resuscitation from a cardiac arrest will decrease the magnitude of brain damage, as measured by the serum biomarker concentration of NSE.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age > 18 years old

Sustained (> 20 minutes) return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)

Comatose (GCS < 9)

Time to ROSC > 15'

Disqualifiers

Protected categories (Pregnant women)

Anticipated withdrawal of support within 24 hours

Traumatic cause of cardiac arrest

Body weight at admission > 120Kg

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sodium Lactate Solution

    Drug

    continuous intravenous infusion of molar sodium lactate

Treatment groups

125 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: standard of careNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: treatement groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

serum NSE

NSE serum levels

Time frame
48 hours after randomization

Secondary outcomes

1

ICU length of stay

number of days in the intensive care unit

Time frame
trough study completion, on average 30 days
2

Mortality

mortality

Time frame
trough study completion before hospital discharge, on average 90 days
3

Neurological outcome

Neurological outcome measured by Cerebral Performance Category score at 90 days (1-5, 1 meaning better Neurological outcome)

Time frame
trough study completion, 90 days after randomization
4

Hospital length of stay

Hospital length of stay

Time frame
trough study completion, on average 60 days

Other outcomes

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